2018 · Current AffairsPrevious Year Question
Q18.
Very recently, in which of the following countries have lakhs of people either suffered from severe famine/acute malnutrition or died due to starvation caused by war/ethnic conflicts?
A. Angola and Zambia
B. Morocco and Tunisia
C. Venezuela and Colombia
D. Yemen and South Sudan
Answer

D

Explanation

Yemen is on the brink of 'the world's largest famine' according to the United Nations, with 17 million people dependent on external aid for food and medicine. In South Sudan, more than half of the people in the world's youngest nation face extreme hunger amid civil war, with more than six million people at threat without aid.